“God, help me one more time,” pleads the lobsterman, Edmundo Stanley Antonio. “Accompany me in this water.”
There are a lot of worries bundled into that simple appeal. That the makeshift air hose he’s tethered to doesn’t spring a leak. That the air compressor at the surface doesn’t fail. That his innate awareness of distance and time he doesn’t have a watch or a depth gauge is better than the time he surfaced too quickly from about 150 feet down and got battered by decompression sickness, which left him partly paralyzed for a year.
Mr. Stanley, 33, still feels pain in his back and his heart when he dives. A doctor has repeatedly told him not to go in the water again, warning the next dive could kill him. His wife begs him to stop; she’s already lost her brother and a son-in-law in diving accidents.
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Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued baby jaguar looks out cautiously before entering its refuge at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
Two recently rescued jaguar cubs enter their refuge at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA/Jorge Torres
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Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued baby jaguar looks out cautiously before entering its refuge at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
Two recently rescued jaguar cubs enter their refuge at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA-EFE/Jorge Torres
A recently rescued jaguar cub, at the Nicaraguan National Zoo in Ticuantepe, Managua, Nicaragua, 27 January 2021. EPA/Jorge Torres
Catching spiny lobsters is a stunningly dangerous pursuit for the mostly Indigenous fishermen along the country’s Caribbean coast, requiring deep plunges with subpar gear.
The incredibly racist San Francisco man who became dictator of Nicaragua
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William Walker did not have the look of a conqueror.
He was slim with thin, light hair and grey eyes that were a little too close together. His cheekbones were unnaturally high, giving his face a sickly gauntness. Newspapers compared him often to Napoleon, both because of his size and his ambition.
In the summer of 1853, because William Walker was a narcissist and a racist, he decided he wanted to be the president of a country. He is not particular about locality whether in Lower California, Sonora, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or elsewhere,” the Sacramento Bee wrote, “so that he can only be made President and Dictator of some populated spot on this hemisphere.